Deer Misder Gibz... (I thinx yoo missed speld yur name... But datz oh kay cuz datz a hard name to spelz...) Thank yoo, Thank Yoo, Thank Yoo! I wentz bak and made sum core actshuns and I addid a nudder stanza bout da ceflapods... I almozt did not submit dis cuz I waz imbearazzed bout my spellen difi... diffi ... diphi... diphiculteeze... chowlengez
Butt I'm glad I did and Im'm glad yoo thinked it waz funnee and yoo tryd it two!

Thanx adin,

Ray AKA Yo bar knee

Deer Glorrea... Did you yoo eva heer of sumtin calld "Spel chek"? Sum wun told me dat I culd use it... I sayd.... Dam write I can use it ... May be yoo can use wun two... I no I can use oll da chex I can getz... Itz a good thing dat yoo left yoor coment da ways yoo wrot it ... cuz It lookz perphect too me! Cept four Laffin ...udder den dat it looks as good as a boddle of moon shine on a Sadderday nite! ... Why do thay say "SadderDay Nite" Why don't thay just say Saddernite and leeve da day out?

Thanx agin!

Ray

Ray AKA Yobarney

Deer ErgoIgoUgo2... (how do yoo pronunciate dat... datz EZ4U222say) Thanx four the gate advize.. Grate Mindz thinkz a like... I waz all redy thinken dat Im gonna make Glorrea and Mimi my perzonal azzistants.. Who nose may be we will make sum Mini Glorreas and sun Mini Mimis two.

Thanx so much four da coment!

Ray AKA Yobarney

First of oll.. I waz not lion... It is a sin to li and der four i do not li... And secundlee... yoo shuld not bee laffen at udder peepols weeknesses... Dis is da reezunI did not want to submitt diz!

Ray AKA Yobarney

Deer Anzell... (Yoo two have miss speled yoor name) I'm sorrey yoo lost yoor first bet ( the alfa-bet) but may be if yoo did not laff at me yoo wuld have wun... sum timez Silenentz is Goldden! I bet yoo one yoor secund bet... yoor Bata bet after yoo wore kwiet!

Ray AKA Yobarney

Dear Mimi… Thank you so much for your most eloquent comment! Since I wrote this poem, my life has changed immensely. I just graduated from Harvard with a doctrine in English literature and I am now consultant at the New York Times... My first book, "Poetic Cooking" is up for a Pulitzer Prize!

Take care,

Dr. Ray AKA Yobarney

The brain is like a golf course... As you know on the golf course they do not allow more than four people on a hole at a time (8 if you have another group of four people teeing off while the first group is putting) but suppose they let 100 people tee off all at the same time... Everybody would be bumping into each other trying to find their ball... It would be mass confusion... What you need to do is not put too much into the brain ... This will allow the brain to imagine things that it does not know... I try to keep my brain almost empty... This way when I am writing I can easily select the story line and precise wording to convey the thought that was able to pop into my head ... It was able to pop into my head because there was plenty of room in the brain for new thoughts... I remember when I came up with the idea for my very first poem that I wrote, "Still Hopping on Pop"... I was 44 years old and I was visiting my mom and dad... I saw my dad and thought how much fun it was to hop on pop when I was a small child and I said… how come I don't hop on pop anymore... I mean just because I am bigger and heavier does not mean that it would not be fun anymore ... in fact It would be more fun! If I had a lot of things in my brain and responsibilities to worry about it would be distracting and I would have never thought of the idea of hopping on pop as an adult... So it is important to keep the mind clear... So to answer your question, "What is in my brain?? ... There is not much in there ...just a lot of room for words to appear and move around without getting in the way ... without all the clutter I am able to find and locate the perfect words to convey the message that I am trying to convey! The reason most people can't write good poems is because they read too much and have too many responsibilities to distract them! They need to put the books down and procrastinate paying their bills and doing house work! Until they finish writing their poem! And when you are done writing you have to forget about everything so you can start writing some more... Once you learn the secret to keeping the mind clear... you can write two or three poems at the same time. Another good way to write good poems is to read other poems and pick out the best lines from several different poems and paste them all together... That is what Robert Frost and Edgar Allen Poe use to do!

Thank you for the great comment and I really appreciate it!

Ray AKA Yobarney